Today Margaret and I performed a powerful piece of gamer voodoo – we sold our Black Lotus (unlimited edition) to help finance dev of ChipWits.
The Black Lotus is the most $-valuable (and one of the most game-valuable) cards from Magic: The Gathering – Richard Garfield’s brilliant game. Margaret and I were Magic addicts for years and had tons of good gaming fun with our cards. I traded up to the Black Lotus when it was worth about $175.
As you can see from Troll and Toad’s buy list we are getting $750 for our Unlimited Black Lotus. They are buying another 300 cards from us for $256 – so $1k of ChipWits seed money comes from our Magic cards. Poetic.
ChipWits don’t get summoning sickness so I am attacking with him this turn. Take 21 points of damage, 2007 Indie Game Top 10 List!
January 5, 2007 at 4:48 am |
Here’s the whole list of cards we sold:
expansion name amount price
4th Edition Black Knight 1 0.30 0.30
Blessing 2 0.03 0.06
Channel 1 0.15 0.15
Gaea’s Liege 1 0.35 0.35
Hurkyl’s Recall 1 0.09 0.09
Stasis 2 0.75 1.50
Swords To Plowshares 2 1.12 2.24
Terror 2 0.06 0.12
Zombie Master 1 0.75 0.75
5th Edition Castle 3 0.08 0.24
Desert Twister 3 0.06 0.18
Library Of Leng 2 0.25 0.50
Llanowar Elves 4 0.10 0.40
Sea Sprite 2 0.06 0.12
White Knight 3 0.15 0.45
Alliances Shield Sphere 4 0.38 1.52
Alpha
Siren’s Call 1 1.70 1.70
Antiquities
Ornithopter 4 0.50 2.00
Phyrexian Gremlins 1 0.15 0.15
Urza’s Power Plant, Columns 1 0.45 0.45
Arabian Nights Desert 1 0.25 0.25
Jandor’s Saddlebags 1 0.94 0.94
Kird Ape 1 1.88 1.88
Moorish Cavalry 1 0.15 0.15
Beta Dark Ritual (used) 2 6.00 12.00
Fog 1 ?
Lighting Bolt 1 9.00 9.00
Lighting Bolt (used) 1 5.04 5.04
Llanowar Elves 2 6.00 12.00
Serra Angel 1 19.20 19.20
Swords To Plowshares 1 14.00 14.00
Unholy Strength 1 2.55 2.55
Dark, The Blood Moon 1 3.00 3.00
Eater of the Dead 1 0.15 0.15
Inferno 1 0.30 0.30
Maze of Ith 1 5.62 5.62
Skull of Orm 1 0.21 0.21
Tormod’s Crypt 2 3.00 6.00
Witch Hunter 1 0.85 0.85
Worms Of The Earth 2 0.42 0.84
Exodus Cataclysm 1 0.60 0.60
City of Traitors 1 2.00 2.00
Culling the Weak 5 0.35 1.75
Dauthi Cutthroat 2 0.06 0.12
Dauthi Warlord 1 0.38 0.38
Ertai, Wizard Adept 1 2.25 2.25
Forbid 2 0.25 0.50
Hatred 1 1.50 1.50
Price of Progress 2 0.45 0.90
Soltari Visionary 5 0.06 0.30
Fallen Empires Goblin Warrens 2 0.09 0.18
hymn to Tourach 4 1 0.30 0.30
Icatian Javelineers 1 1 0.20 0.20
Homelands Didgeridoo 2 0.13 0.26
Faerie Noble 4 0.15 0.60
Mammoth Harness 3 0.09 0.27
Soraya The Falconer 2 0.21 0.42
Veldrane Of Sengir 1 0.17 0.17
Wall of Kelp 1 0.13 0.13
Willow Priestess 4 0.15 0.60
Ice Age Abyssal Specter 6 0.09 0.54
Counterspell 5 0.38 1.90
Dance Of The Dead 3 0.50 1.50
Despotic Scepter 2 0.15 0.30
Knight Of Stromgald 2 0.10 0.20
Krovikan Vampire 1 0.15 0.15
Lhurgoyf 1 0.12 0.12
Minion Of Leshrac 1 1.00 1.00
Orcish Librarian 1 0.09 0.09
Polar Kraken 1 0.50 0.50
Stone Rain 4 0.04 0.16
Stormbind 2 1.00 2.00
Swords to Plowshares 1 2.00 2.00
Invasion Aura Mutation 1 0.15 0.15
Crosis, The Purger 1 1.88 1.88
Legends Adventurers’ Guildhouse 1 0.50 0.50
All Hallow’s Eve 1 13.50 13.50
Avoid Fate 1 0.15 0.15
Cathedral of Serra 1 0.50 0.50
Crimson Kobolds 1 0.30 0.30
Crookshank Kobolds 1 0.38 0.38
Demonic Torment 1 0.12 0.12
Firestorm Phoenix 1 3.60 3.60
Force Spike 2 0.19 0.38
Ichneumon Druid 1 0.08 0.08
Jasmine Boreal 1 0.13 0.13
Kobolds Of Kher Keep 1 0.50 0.50
Lord Magnus 1 0.20 0.20
Master of the Hunt 2 2.10 4.20
Mold Demon 1 1.70 1.70
Reincarnation 1 0.50 0.50
Thunder Spirit 1 6.00 6.00
Nemesis Daze 9 0.38 3.42
Flame Rift 11 0.15 1.65
Overlaid Terrain 1 0.20 0.20
Oversize Cards Black Lotus (used) 1 8.25 8.25
Prophecy Spore Frog 2 0.10 0.20
Revised Animate Dead 2 0.30 0.60
Bad Moon 2 2.40 4.80
Control Magic 2 0.30 0.60
Counterspell 2 0.38 0.76
Demonic Tutor 1 3.60 3.60
Juggernaut 2 0.15 0.30
Millstone 2 0.38 0.76
Royal Assassin (used) 1 2.25 2.25
Sol Ring 1 3.60 3.60
Stronghold Bullwhip 4 0.06 0.24
Fling 5 0.10 0.50
Mogg Maniac 2 0.06 0.12
Mortuary 1 0.12 0.12
Primal Rage 3 0.08 0.24
Tempest Ancient Tomb 3 1.00 3.00
Angelic Protector 1 0.15 0.15
Disenchant 4 0.06 0.24
Flickering Ward 3 0.35 1.05
Heart Sliver 7 0.35 2.45
Horned Sliver 3 1.00 3.00
Manakin 4 0.03 0.12
Propaganda 2 0.60 1.20
Soltari Priest 3 0.90 2.70
Whim of Volrath 2 0.25 0.50
Whispers of the Muse 2 0.21 0.42
Unglued Ashnod’s Coupon 2 1.70 3.40
B.F.M (Big Furry Monster) LT 2 3.50 7.00
B.F.M (Big Furry Monster) RT 2 3.50 7.00
Cardboard Carapace 2 0.50 1.00
I’m Rubber, You’re Glue 2 0.15 0.30
Incoming! 2 0.30 0.60
Infernal Spawn of Evil 1 1.00 1.00
Squirrel Token 1 0.50 0.50
Strategy, Schmategy 2 0.50 1.00
Timmy, Power Gamer 2 0.42 0.84
Unlimited Black Lotus 1 750.00 750.00
Demonic Tutor (used) 1 3.38 3.38
Visions Blanket of Night 4 0.38 1.52
Funeral Charm 4 0.06 0.24
Helm of Awakening 6 1.00 6.00
Natural Order 4 1.20 4.80
Necromancy 6 0.38 2.28
Suq’ata Assassin 6 0.25 1.50
Viashino Sandstalker 5 0.19 0.95
Total: 1,006.26
April 9, 2007 at 6:12 pm |
Hey! I was doing a Google search to see if I could get some low-down on how Troll and Toad was on their buying. I found a grip of cards I’d purchased back in …well, forever!…when they first came out, I’m guessing. I mostly just bought them for the artwork. I’ve got close to $1,400 worth by my estimation. Any info you could give me on how the process went would be really helpful! Thanks!!!
April 12, 2007 at 5:13 pm |
It was really straightforward. They’ve got an online buy-list. Go through your cards and make up a list of what you have along with what they currently offer and email it to their buyer. The buyer gives a thumbs up and then you send your cards to them. A couple weeks later a check arrives.
They paid us exactly what we expected, so they don’t seem to hassle you if you are fair on grading the cards.
Good luck.